Martial Arts Domination: Start with the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique-Chapter 776 - 529: Ascend to the Nine Heavens! Battle Emperor Gouchen!_2
Chapter 776: Chapter 529: Ascend to the Nine Heavens! Battle Emperor Gouchen!_2
The final force was an overwhelmingly domineering intent—Heavenly Emperor’s killing intent, which suppressed the previous forces and decided the ultimate victor of this battle!
Qin Zheng’s gaze swept across the battlefield, his pupils seemingly harboring a river of time, capturing imprints in the void and replaying the scenes after his departure in his mind.
Thus, he heard the surging of that river, and the chaotic void before him shifted its imagery, revealing the events that took place after his departure. Without the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, Guang Chengzi, Yang Jian, and Sun Wukong were like broken sacks, hurled out of the battlefield.
Under the explosive counterattack of the Heavenly Emperor’s Avatar, the disparity between them was immense; they were nearly annihilated on the spot. Guang Chengzi exhausted the last trace of his strength to deliver the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
As for other mythological figures of great power, those already weakened beyond repair and forced to burn through their lives to restore their peak, they were instantly obliterated in the first wave of the storm.
The remaining Emperor Zhenwu and others sustained grave injuries but managed to avoid immediate demise. They quickly stepped forward to retrieve Guang Chengzi and the other two, who had been flung out.
The Heavenly Emperor’s Avatar casually stepped forward, his expression still indifferent, not bothering to glance at Guang Chengzi and the rest but instead turning his focus toward the direction of Qin Zheng’s departure, stretching his hand outward.
But his hand halted halfway, his brows furrowing slightly as his eyes sparkled with brilliance, seemingly deducing Qin Zheng’s path and location.
Meanwhile, Emperor Zhenwu and the others, carrying the severely injured Guang Chengzi trio, sought to quietly escape through cracks in the void, slipping into the Chaos Sea.
Just as they were about to leave, the Heavenly Emperor snapped out of his calculations, his indifferent demeanor finally shifting to emit a thread of anger. He swept his palm toward Emperor Zhenwu and the others.
What slightly surprised Qin Zheng was that after striking with his palm, the Heavenly Emperor turned away without checking whether the attack succeeded in annihilating Emperor Zhenwu and the other powerful figures.
Despite being a Creation Perfection-level mighty figure, brimming with confidence in his own strength, Emperor Zhenwu and the others were indeed wiped out under his palm strike.
Yet there remained a sliver of opportunity for survival, which explained how Xuandu could intervene to retrieve their True Spirits, returning them to the Eight Scenic Palace, where they could regain full form after a century of refinement within the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace.
Did the Heavenly Emperor not truly care about the lives of these mighty figures? Was his aim merely the Haotian Mirror in my possession?
Such thoughts churned in Qin Zheng’s mind.
Under his gaze, fragments of the shattered Three-pointed Two-bladed Blade and Heavenly White Jade Pillar glimmered with light, reassembling to carry the remaining True Spirits back into the Eight Scenic Palace.
Just as Qin Zheng pondered that the events had concluded and prepared to withdraw his gaze to return to "current time"...
BOOM!!!
The Heavenly Emperor’s Avatar reappeared, breaking through the void, directly following the passage traced by the retreating Three-pointed Two-bladed Blade and Heavenly White Jade Pillar to infiltrate the Eight Scenic Palace.
This entity fears not the lingering Saint Qi Mechanism within the Eight Scenic Palace?!
Qin Zheng was taken aback.
However, the subsequent events inside the Eight Scenic Palace were beyond his perception; the Heavenly Emperor never returned to the chaotic void before him.
After staring at the void above for a long time, Qin Zheng withdrew his gaze, resetting the scene before him back to "current time." fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
The Heavenly Emperor must not have caused much disturbance within the Eight Scenic Palace; after all, I just emerged from there recently and sensed nothing amiss.
Yet Qin Zheng momentarily failed to grasp the motive behind the Heavenly Emperor’s intrusion or the occurrences within the palace.
Perhaps Xuandu’s omission of details suggests it was insignificant?
Thoughts swirled in Qin Zheng’s mind, but he soon suppressed them, turning his gaze toward the direction of the original Primordial Cave Heaven within the chaotic void.
There, Primordial Cave Heaven still floated amidst the chaos, avoiding the devastation of the past battles, drifting further away in response to residual shockwaves.
Qin Zheng withdrew his gaze. In the current era, this realm would no longer be plagued by conflict. For the beings within Primordial Cave Heaven, this might be an ideal refuge.
At the same time...
A figure within Primordial Cave Heaven seemed to sense Qin Zheng’s gaze. Initially trembling, they fought the urge to lift their head and return his gaze, instead forcibly suppressing their actions.
He was Shi Jingxuan, the lone old Taoist who never joined the battle years ago.
When the war suddenly erupted, the Heavenly Soldiers and generals formed an array to seal the True Realm, where the Divine Mountain resided, leaving him stranded outside.
After the array was broken by the Heavenly Soldiers and generals, and the Creation War ignited, witnessing the polluted mythological figures from other Great Realms cooled his heart, planting seeds of retreat.
Thus, he refrained from joining the battlefield, opting instead to quietly enter Primordial Cave Heaven, aiding its distance from the battlefield amidst lingering shockwaves.
A single mythological figure might attract Heavenly Court’s attention, but one of the Thirty-Three Heavens, even a fragment, wouldn’t provoke their intervention.
It was this luck that preserved his life.
Especially after seeing the Heavenly Emperor annihilate numerous powerful figures with ease, he felt fortunate about his choice.
So he hid his name and presence, pretending to live as a mortal within one of Primordial Cave Heaven’s realms while vigilantly observing external changes, pondering whether Heavenly Court might return to this chaotic void.
He waited for ten years.
When he sensed Qin Zheng’s gaze, a rush of joy welled up within him—it signified that Heavenly Court lacked the capacity to pursue Qin Zheng, hence wouldn’t revisit this void.
Nonetheless, a surge of indescribable guilt also arose in his heart.
Though his strength couldn’t alter the battle’s outcome, charging onto the battlefield intending to overturn Heavenly Court only to retreat at the critical moment cast shadows over his honor.
Facing old comrades from those days, guilt and complex emotions compelled him to avoid meeting their eyes.
He couldn’t discern whether Qin Zheng had noticed him nor had time to marvel at Qin Zheng achieving mythological status within ten years. Only when Qin Zheng’s gaze finally shifted away did relief flood Shi Jingxuan’s heart.
After Qin Zheng’s departure, Shi Jingxuan sighed lightly and proceeded to step out of Primordial Cave Heaven. Without looking back, he left the Thirty-Three Heavens, entering the boundless Chaos Sea.
Unable to confront death for vengeance, he chose anonymity instead, drifting through Chaos Sea for the remainder of his life.
Following Shi Jingxuan’s departure, ripples surfaced in the void, and Qin Zheng reappeared, his expression tranquil and unmoved.
Shi Jingxuan’s choice was difficult to judge. Fear of death is human nature, even for mythological figures.
Yet the Heavenly Emperor’s schemes transcend the Thirty-Three Heavens—they encompass the entire Chaos Sea. Perhaps one day Shi Jingxuan will once again face the battle from ten years ago.
What choice would he make then?
This thought flickered through Qin Zheng’s mind, but he soon shook his head, dispersing such distractions, turning toward the Nine Heavens, stepping forward.
Swoosh!
The void shifted; time revolved!
In just an instant, his figure appeared amidst an asteroid-filled starry sky.
A figure seemed to have long awaited him, clutching a long spear with one hand, their gaze calm as it met his.
"To survive the Heavenly Emperor’s hand and achieve mythological status within ten years—you indeed possess a measure of fate."
Emperor Gouchen slowly spoke.
As his voice echoed, a terrifying aura erupted from him like crashing waves, rippling upward with immense force.
Qin Zheng remained unperturbed. He hadn’t concealed his presence; a mythological figure’s appearance naturally drew the senses of other Tao Realms.
His gaze swept across the surroundings before finally landing on Emperor Gouchen, whose aura surged with Creation energies. Qin Zheng calmly asked, "The Heavenly Emperor isn’t here?"
Emperor Gouchen smirked darkly, clutching his spear tightly as he stepped forward, his momentum roaring like a dragon, sweeping throughout the heavens.
"You’ve barely ascended to mythological status, yet dare to speak of the Heavenly Emperor? Truly, you know not the meaning of death!"
